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Title: to count one's blessings
Relationships: Diluc & Kaeya (Genshin Impact), Diluc & Diona (Genshin Impact), Barbara & Diluc (Genshin Impact), Diona & Kaeya (Genshin Impact), Eula & Kaeya (Genshin Impact), Diona & Eula (Genshin Impact)
Tags: Visions (Genshin Impact), Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Blood and Injury, Diluc is Bad at Feelings (Genshin Impact), Diona Needs a Hug (Genshin Impact), Kaeya Needs a Hug (Genshin Impact), Eula Needs a Hug (Genshin Impact), Introspection, No beta we die like Crepus, old vision headcanons now debunked, Mentioned Beidou (Genshin Impact), 6k+ words of diluc sticking his foot in his mouth and being a cringe fail loser (affectionate), the mortifying ordeal of being 22 and not having your shit together nearly as well as you'd hoped
Several months after Diluc's return to Mondstadt, a number of truths become evident. One: Draff's daughter, Diona, has awakened to a Cryo Vision. Two: last week, Draff had been reported missing, when a routine hunting trip took a wrong turn. He'd resurfaced within the week—a little banged up, but otherwise no worse for wear. Supposedly, it was his daughter and her new Cryo Vision that had saved him, and not any of the search parties that had been organized by the knights or Adventurers' Guild. Three: in the days before Draff had been found, Diona's Vision had gone unreported. In the city of freedom, it's her choice whether she wants to partake in the usual sermons and ceremonies that accompany the birth of a new Vision—just like the Church of Favonius is free to complain about it and cry blasphemy and disrespect. It's really none of Diluc's business, one way or the other… but it's all anyone will talk about. It becomes his business when Draff, already one of his regulars, fails to show up at the tavern for weeks, and other patrons comment on it. It becomes his business when people remark on Diona's age, going on about how blessed she is.
